diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
index 3ff1711077c2..859ea1b21215 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/phy/phy.h>
+#include <linux/regmap.h>
+#include <linux/mfd/syscon.h>
 #include "sdhci-pltfm.h"
 
 #define SDHCI_ARASAN_CLK_CTRL_OFFSET	0x2c
@@ -32,18 +34,115 @@
 #define CLK_CTRL_TIMEOUT_MASK		(0xf << CLK_CTRL_TIMEOUT_SHIFT)
 #define CLK_CTRL_TIMEOUT_MIN_EXP	13
 
+/*
+ * On some SoCs the syscon area has a feature where the upper 16-bits of
+ * each 32-bit register act as a write mask for the lower 16-bits.  This allows
+ * atomic updates of the register without locking.  This macro is used on SoCs
+ * that have that feature.
+ */
+#define HIWORD_UPDATE(val, mask, shift) \
+		((val) << (shift) | (mask) << ((shift) + 16))
+
+/**
+ * struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_field - Field used in sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map
+ *
+ * @reg:	Offset within the syscon of the register containing this field
+ * @width:	Number of bits for this field
+ * @shift:	Bit offset within @reg of this field (or -1 if not avail)
+ */
+struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_field {
+	u32 reg;
+	u16 width;
+	s16 shift;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map - Map in syscon to corecfg registers
+ *
+ * It's up to the licensee of the Arsan IP block to make these available
+ * somewhere if needed.  Presumably these will be scattered somewhere that's
+ * accessible via the syscon API.
+ *
+ * @baseclkfreq:	Where to find corecfg_baseclkfreq
+ * @hiword_update:	If true, use HIWORD_UPDATE to access the syscon
+ */
+struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map {
+	struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_field	baseclkfreq;
+	bool					hiword_update;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct sdhci_arasan_data
- * @clk_ahb:	Pointer to the AHB clock
- * @phy:	Pointer to the generic phy
- * @phy_on:	True if the PHY is turned on.
+ * @clk_ahb:		Pointer to the AHB clock
+ * @phy:		Pointer to the generic phy
+ * @phy_on:		True if the PHY is turned on.
+ * @soc_ctl_base:	Pointer to regmap for syscon for soc_ctl registers.
+ * @soc_ctl_map:	Map to get offsets into soc_ctl registers.
  */
 struct sdhci_arasan_data {
 	struct clk	*clk_ahb;
 	struct phy	*phy;
 	bool		phy_on;
+
+	struct regmap	*soc_ctl_base;
+	const struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map *soc_ctl_map;
+};
+
+static const struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map rk3399_soc_ctl_map = {
+	.baseclkfreq = { .reg = 0xf000, .width = 8, .shift = 8 },
+	.hiword_update = true,
 };
 
+/**
+ * sdhci_arasan_syscon_write - Write to a field in soc_ctl registers
+ *
+ * This function allows writing to fields in sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map.
+ * Note that if a field is specified as not available (shift < 0) then
+ * this function will silently return an error code.  It will be noisy
+ * and print errors for any other (unexpected) errors.
+ *
+ * @host:	The sdhci_host
+ * @fld:	The field to write to
+ * @val:	The value to write
+ */
+static int sdhci_arasan_syscon_write(struct sdhci_host *host,
+				   const struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_field *fld,
+				   u32 val)
+{
+	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
+	struct sdhci_arasan_data *sdhci_arasan = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
+	struct regmap *soc_ctl_base = sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_base;
+	u32 reg = fld->reg;
+	u16 width = fld->width;
+	s16 shift = fld->shift;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Silently return errors for shift < 0 so caller doesn't have
+	 * to check for fields which are optional.  For fields that
+	 * are required then caller needs to do something special
+	 * anyway.
+	 */
+	if (shift < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_map->hiword_update)
+		ret = regmap_write(soc_ctl_base, reg,
+				   HIWORD_UPDATE(val, GENMASK(width, 0),
+						 shift));
+	else
+		ret = regmap_update_bits(soc_ctl_base, reg,
+					 GENMASK(shift + width, shift),
+					 val << shift);
+
+	/* Yell about (unexpected) regmap errors */
+	if (ret)
+		pr_warn("%s: Regmap write fail: %d\n",
+			 mmc_hostname(host->mmc), ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static unsigned int sdhci_arasan_get_timeout_clock(struct sdhci_host *host)
 {
 	u32 div;
@@ -191,9 +290,66 @@ static int sdhci_arasan_resume(struct device *dev)
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(sdhci_arasan_dev_pm_ops, sdhci_arasan_suspend,
 			 sdhci_arasan_resume);
 
+static const struct of_device_id sdhci_arasan_of_match[] = {
+	/* SoC-specific compatible strings w/ soc_ctl_map */
+	{
+		.compatible = "rockchip,rk3399-sdhci-5.1",
+		.data = &rk3399_soc_ctl_map,
+	},
+
+	/* Generic compatible below here */
+	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-8.9a" },
+	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-5.1" },
+	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-4.9a" },
+
+	{ /* sentinel */ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sdhci_arasan_of_match);
+
+/**
+ * sdhci_arasan_update_baseclkfreq - Set corecfg_baseclkfreq
+ *
+ * The corecfg_baseclkfreq is supposed to contain the MHz of clk_xin.  This
+ * function can be used to make that happen.
+ *
+ * NOTES:
+ * - Many existing devices don't seem to do this and work fine.  To keep
+ *   compatibility for old hardware where the device tree doesn't provide a
+ *   register map, this function is a noop if a soc_ctl_map hasn't been provided
+ *   for this platform.
+ * - It's assumed that clk_xin is not dynamic and that we use the SDHCI divider
+ *   to achieve lower clock rates.  That means that this function is called once
+ *   at probe time and never called again.
+ *
+ * @host:		The sdhci_host
+ */
+static void sdhci_arasan_update_baseclkfreq(struct sdhci_host *host)
+{
+	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
+	struct sdhci_arasan_data *sdhci_arasan = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
+	const struct sdhci_arasan_soc_ctl_map *soc_ctl_map =
+		sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_map;
+	u32 mhz = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(clk_get_rate(pltfm_host->clk), 1000000);
+
+	/* Having a map is optional */
+	if (!soc_ctl_map)
+		return;
+
+	/* If we have a map, we expect to have a syscon */
+	if (!sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_base) {
+		pr_warn("%s: Have regmap, but no soc-ctl-syscon\n",
+			mmc_hostname(host->mmc));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sdhci_arasan_syscon_write(host, &soc_ctl_map->baseclkfreq, mhz);
+}
+
 static int sdhci_arasan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
+	const struct of_device_id *match;
+	struct device_node *node;
 	struct clk *clk_xin;
 	struct sdhci_host *host;
 	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host;
@@ -207,6 +363,23 @@ static int sdhci_arasan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
 	sdhci_arasan = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
 
+	match = of_match_node(sdhci_arasan_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
+	sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_map = match->data;
+
+	node = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "arasan,soc-ctl-syscon", 0);
+	if (node) {
+		sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_base = syscon_node_to_regmap(node);
+		of_node_put(node);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_base)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(sdhci_arasan->soc_ctl_base);
+			if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't get syscon: %d\n",
+					ret);
+			goto err_pltfm_free;
+		}
+	}
+
 	sdhci_arasan->clk_ahb = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "clk_ahb");
 	if (IS_ERR(sdhci_arasan->clk_ahb)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "clk_ahb clock not found.\n");
@@ -236,6 +409,8 @@ static int sdhci_arasan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sdhci_get_of_property(pdev);
 	pltfm_host->clk = clk_xin;
 
+	sdhci_arasan_update_baseclkfreq(host);
+
 	ret = mmc_of_parse(host->mmc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "parsing dt failed (%u)\n", ret);
@@ -301,14 +476,6 @@ static int sdhci_arasan_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static const struct of_device_id sdhci_arasan_of_match[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-8.9a" },
-	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-5.1" },
-	{ .compatible = "arasan,sdhci-4.9a" },
-	{ }
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sdhci_arasan_of_match);
-
 static struct platform_driver sdhci_arasan_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "sdhci-arasan",
